Species that contain: Awaous and nelsoni [ 1 ] records

nelsoni, Awaous Evermann [B. W.] 1898:2 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 12; ref. 17470] Río Rosario at Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico. Holotype: USNM 48836. Paratypes: USNM 48837 (3), 221109 [ex USFC 533] (3); CAS-SU 5793 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:108 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Awaous nelsoni Evermann 1898 -- (Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1134 [ref. 22829]). •Synonym of Awaous banana (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Watson 1996:3 [ref. 22211], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:658 [ref. 27061], Lasso-Alcalá & Lasso 2008:126 [ref. 30588]). •Synonym of Awaous transandeanus (Günther 1861) -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:439 [ref. 24550]). Current status: Synonym of Awaous transandeanus (Günther 1861). Oxudercidae: Gobionellinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.